[user92162]
Tom Rafferty - 45th place
Our reporter reached the hand at the river with the board reading with 130,000 chips in the pot. Stewart Scott was in the tank facing Tom Rafferty who was all in. Scott asked the dealer for a count, and as the dealer began counting off Rafferty's 175,000 all in, he changed his mind and announced call.
Rafferty instantly knew his tournament was over, and began to muck his hand, as Scott turned over . Someone at the table asked to see Rafferty's hand anyway. The dealer exposed , a stone bluff.
Stewart Scott moves into the chip lead at 800,000.
[user75032]
Stuart [Removed:293] - 44th Place
Wait, there's one more elimination that came before dinner! No sooner had Tom Rafferty's seat gone empty than Stuart [Removed:293] was broken to the vacant seat. He was dealt and moved his short stack all in while the rest of the tournament was heading off for the dinner break. Stewart Scott squeezed out and made the call. He paired his ace on a flop of , which was better than [Removed:293]'s pair of kings. The board ran out running fives to send [Removed:293] to dinner with an extra AU$20,000 in his pocket.
Scott now has the chip lead with approximately 900,000 chips. He's probably going to enjoy his dinner more than [Removed:293] will.
[user62901]
I would like to take this opportunity to make a referee ruling on the first Shout Box trivia question.
I was the person who created the question, and I was the one that came up with the answer, but when I thought about it, technically, there are two bubbles, so there were two correct answers. Technically speaking, you could argue that the bubble was split between two players. But the true definition of the bubble as I understand it is the player that is eliminated before the money is reached. This makes PN user "lebsta" with the answer of Troy Tsagaris correct.
I have sent emails to the following users, please respond to me with your PokerStars usernames and I will ship you the $35 for the satellite tomorrow morning.
lebsta
PFUsqrl
jcsydney
Well done guys, and look out for more contests over the next few days.
[user75032]
Paul O'Brien opened the pot with a raise to 16,000. That folded everyone up to big blind Dean McIver, who looked down at and moved in for 72,500. O'Brien made the call and tabled . The race was on!
The board came . That was no help for O'Brien. McIver's nines held to give him a double-up to 151,000. Incidentally, that's how many chips O'Brien has now too.
[user92162]
Left for dead not that long ago after running into a set over set situation, Noah Schwartz has managed to chip his way back and build his stack from just 24,000 to now 220,000.
In the latest hand Nhan Le opened from late position, with Schwartz shoving all in from the small blind. Le almost beat him into the pot snap calling and slamming down on the table, to be well ahead of Schwartz's .
The flop came no help for Schwartz, but the river would leave Le drawing to just two kings left in the deck. The river was not one of them and Schwartz moves up to 220,000.
[user92162]
John Paul Kelly - 43rd place
Elliott Smith has eliminated John Paul Kelly. In a battle of short stacks Smith moved all in with for around 75,000, and Kelly made the all in call for slightly less.
Smith
Kelly
Kelly looked prime for a double up as the flop came and the turn only built up his hopes. The river took all of that away, ending Kelly's tournament and boosting Smith to about 130,000 chips.
[user75032]
Noah Schwartz - 42nd Place
And it all comes crashing down for Noah Schwartz. He worked his short stack quite well after being crippled earlier, getting all the way back to 200,000 in chips. When he flopped two pair with on a board of , he probably thought he was in great shape. His opponent, Grant Levy, bet 21,500 after Schwartz checked. Schwartz then moved all in for 200,000. When Levy called, he must have figured he was in trouble.
Indeed he was. Levy showed down for a set of eights. That left Schwartz drawing incredibly thin. He never got there. When the stacks were counted down, it turned out that Levy just barely had Schwartz covered. Levy had 450,000 chips total after the hand; Schwartz had a payout slip to take to the cage.
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with 130,000 chips in the pot. Stewart Scott was in the tank facing Tom Rafferty who was all in. Scott asked the dealer for a count, and as the dealer began counting off Rafferty's 175,000 all in, he changed his mind and announced call.
, a stone bluff.![Stuart [Removed:293] - 44th Place](https://s.pnimg.net/f8W-_nA6FtSLj7BcFLKfPgWHvFL3p7bjUmPCbdwIyYA/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC85/LzU1L3gwYTE3Y2Qy/N2Q4LmpwZw.webp)
and moved his short stack all in while the rest of the tournament was heading off for the dinner break. Stewart Scott squeezed out 
and made the call. He paired his ace on a flop of 
, which was better than [Removed:293]'s pair of kings. The board ran out running fives to send [Removed:293] to dinner with an extra AU$20,000 in his pocket.
and moved in for 72,500. O'Brien made the call and tabled 
. The race was on!
. That was no help for O'Brien. McIver's nines held to give him a double-up to 151,000. Incidentally, that's how many chips O'Brien has now too.
on the table, to be well ahead of Schwartz's 
.
no help for Schwartz, but the river 
was not one of them and Schwartz moves up to 220,000.
for around 75,000, and Kelly made the all in call for slightly less.
and the 
on a board of 